On the 24th of February, our VC Cup teams went head-to-had on our famous VC Cup event, The Cube. Combining game ideas from the popular TV shows The Cube and Taskmaster, we set the teams 9 different mini-games to complete all for the chance of winning The Cube Trophy.
The evening was divided into two halves. The four games presented in the first half included;
- Cross the River – teams had to move up in a row by standing on a spot. Step off the spot, you fall into the river.
- DON’T slap the colour – teams were presented with an array of colours. The instructor shouted out a colour, and players had to avoid slapping that colour at all costs.
- Codenames – players had 1 word to describe the correct ‘’codename’’ to their teammates.
- 1 legged-relay – players were presented with a list of tasks and puzzles to complete whilst their partner balances on one leg.
Teams went around the games in rotation, with the aim of the evening was to lose as few lives as possible in each game.
In the second half, the staff had a great time playing;
- Cup stacks – Teams had to work together to keep a beech ball in the air whilst one person stacks a tower of cones.
- Run-up connect 4 – players ran up to a grid of colourful cones and had to get 4 in a row before the time ran out.
- Artists back – teams put their artistic skills to use by drawing on their team members back, leaving them to guess the set picture.
- Balls and sticks – players went head-to-head to pick out as many balls out of a bucket as they could, by only using drum sticks.
After all 8 games were played, the teams with the most lives at the end of all 8 games were entered into the semi-final round.
The competitors… Last Ones Standing V PIINATS
The game… Egg
One player from each team was sent up to stand on a spot. They were given a category (eg. modes of transport, countries), they had 5 seconds to think of an answer before throwing the (plastic) egg to their opponents. If they fail to give an answer, say an answer that was already said, or drop the egg, the player was out.
After an intense few rounds of categories and egg throwing, we had our winning team. Congratulations to Last Ones Standing for winning VC’s Cup The Cube!
1st – Last Ones Standing
2nd – PIINATS
2nd – Flu Fighters
3rd – Ctrl+Alt+WIN
Thank you to all the teams who took part the event. It was fantastic to see all of our players getting into a team spirit through playing these mini-games. We look forward to seeing everyone at the next event!